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Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin
Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

8· 2025· Movie· Documentary, History

On January 15, 1972, Leonid Pliouchtch, a Ukrainian mathematician who was unknown at the time, was locked up in a Soviet psychiatric institution and accused of dissidence. His wife, Tatiana, fought for his defense and contacted a committee of French mathematicians to help him. Led by Laurent Schwartz, they launched a three-year campaign to secure his release and succeeded in getting the USSR to back down on the issue.

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Cast

Michel Broué

Michel Broué

Self : Mathematician & Trotskist Activist

Pierre Laurent

Pierre Laurent

Self : Journalist

Pierre Juquin

Pierre Juquin

Self : Syndicalist

Mathieu Schwartz

Narrator (voice)

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